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Srinagar fire 24 Mar 2013 - 04:48 am

Kashmiris gather at a shanty destroyed in a fire early in Srinagar, yesterday. At least 12 shanties were gutted in the fire. However,...

Parliament passes only 11 bills out of 68 24 Mar 2013 - 04:48 am

New Delhi: The government was able to pass a mere 11 bills, including nine appropriation bills related to the railways, the general budget...

Congress to expel nine Andhra legislators 24 Mar 2013 - 04:48 am

Hyderabad: The ruling Congress party in Andhra Pradesh has sought disqualification of nine of its legislators who voted in favour of the no...

President extols virtue of first chief minister of Maharashtra 24 Mar 2013 - 04:47 am

Mumbai: Paying tribute to Maharashtra’s first chief minister Yashwantrao Chavan, President Pranab Mukherjee yesterday said that the capacity to build consensus is the...

Special courts for Muslim youth soon: Minister 24 Mar 2013 - 04:47 am

New Delhi: Special courts would be set up soon for Muslim youth accused of various offences, including terror-related charges, Minister for Minority Affairs...

Court allows rape victim to abort foetus 24 Mar 2013 - 04:46 am

New Delhi: The Delhi High Court has allowed a 22-year-old unmarried woman, who was allegedly raped, to get her pregnancy terminated to avoid...

Pakistani Taliban threaten to kill Musharraf 24 Mar 2013 - 04:44 am

Former Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf speaks during a gathering of his supporters on the occasion of Pakistan National Day in Dubai yesterday. MIRANSHAH:...

Washington approves $95m for Islamabad wind power project 24 Mar 2013 - 04:44 am

ISLAMABAD: The Board of Directors of the Overseas Private Investment Corporation (OPIC) has approved $95m in financing for a wind power project poised...

US-Afghan prison deal reached 24 Mar 2013 - 04:44 am

WASHINGTON: The United States agreed yesterday to transfer to Afghan control a prison that houses insurgents and other dangerous inmates adjacent to Bagram...

New network launched to empower women 24 Mar 2013 - 04:44 am

ISLAMABAD: A new network of professional Pakistani women has been launched to work collectively towards a positive change for Pakistan and empowerment of...

Peshawar police defy govt in war against terror 24 Mar 2013 - 04:43 am

PESHAWAR: As the current spate of militancy has cast a pall of shadow on Pakistan’s Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, particularly Peshawar, the provincial authorities have...

Pakistan envoy gets top civilian award 24 Mar 2013 - 04:42 am

ISLAMABAD: Pakistani President Asif Ali Zardari confered Nishan-e-Imtiaz on Ambassador Sherry Rehman yesterday, the highest honour given to any civilian, for Rehman’s diplomatic...

Filipino militants free Australian 24 Mar 2013 - 04:41 am

Australian national Warren Rodwell (second left) being escorted by US military personnel at a military airbase in Zamboanga City, Pagadian, where he was...

Korean-born French minister in Seoul visit 24 Mar 2013 - 04:40 am

SEOUL: French Minister Fleur Pellerin began a highly anticipated visit yesterday to South Korea, the land of her birth, where her unusual success...

North Korean leader inspects special forces unit 24 Mar 2013 - 04:40 am

SEOUL: North Korean leader Kim Jong-Un has inspected a feared special forces unit, ordering them to strike at “lightning speed” once war breaks...

35 dead in Thai refugee camp fire 24 Mar 2013 - 04:38 am

MAE SURIN: Thai rescue workers picked through the ashes of hundreds of shelters for Myanmar refugees yesterday after a ferocious blaze swept through...

Tornado kills 20 in Dhaka 24 Mar 2013 - 04:38 am

Bangladesh: A tornado swept through nearly two dozen villages southeast of the Bangladeshi capital, killing at least 20 people, tearing roofs off houses...

Kremlin critic Berezovsky dies in Britain 24 Mar 2013 - 04:34 am

LONDON: Boris Berezovsky (pictured), the exiled Russian oligarch and long-time opponent of the Kremlin, died at his home in Britain yesterday in “unexplained”...